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This paper examines the current interest in neighbourhood-based policy in Englandand considers the extent to which the output geography developed for the 2001 censushelps to meet the need for neighbourhood-based data. The characteristics of the newcensus output geography are presented, and the difficulties of creating meaningfulneighbourhood geographies from statistical reporting units reviewed. The new geographywill provide a much improved basis for the consolidation of data from officialadministrative sources, but additional challenges are also discussed in relation to thefuture of census data collection and publication.